Rapid response systems: are they really effective?

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Published in Crit Care on March 16, 2015

Authors

Claudio Sandroni1, Sonia D'Arrigo2, Massimo Antonelli3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, A. Gemelli University Hospital, Rome, Italy. sandroni@rm.unicatt.it.
2: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, A. Gemelli University Hospital, Rome, Italy. sonia.darrigo@virgilio.it.
3: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, A. Gemelli University Hospital, Rome, Italy. m.antonelli@rm.unicatt.it.

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